ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,507, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Acufloor LLC (North Richland Hills, Texas).

"Device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles" was invented by Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, Texas) and Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling device includes a body and two spaced and parallel strip members extending transversely from the body. Each of the spaced and parallel strip members extend to the front and rear of the body. Two opposing lateral open windows are ...